On the 16th day of the first lunar month of the second year of the Shenwu period of the Ming Dynasty, today is the first day of the new year. Yesterday, news came from the palace that the emperor was going to call Daqi at Fengtianmen this morning.

The Great Rise is also called the Morning Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Prime Minister, he was most worried about being deceived. Therefore, he formulated a large-scale Morning Dynasty to understand the people's sentiments and avoid being deceived. The Morning Dynasty had high requirements for the quality of the emperor. The emperor had to have extremely strong political abilities to ensure that he could handle political affairs proficiently in the court meeting. Zhu Yuanzhang thought very well about this, but the more he emphasized, the less he had nothing. There were a total of sixteen emperors from the Ming Dynasty to Chongzhen. Only Zhu Yuanzhang and Chongzhen could do morning court every day, and other wise men, such as Zhu Di, could not do morning court every day.

As for our Emperor Shenwu Supreme Saint Zhu Hongsan, he was even more lazy. His purpose of being a human being is to enjoy himself, and he could put such a tight curse on himself. But it was better when he was in Guangdong. Zhu Hongsan was a completely strait troupe at that time, with three or two big fish and shrimps. He didn't know when the Qing army came, so naturally no one would restrict him from going to court.

However, it was different to visit Xiaoling when he went to Nanjing. After inheriting Zhu Yuanzhang's huge political heritage, Zhu Hongsan also inherited various political obligations. Not to mention the others, the imperial ancestors of the Ming Dynasty were enough for Zhu Hongsan to receive it. Fortunately, there were many strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hongsan was quite diligent and a few more lazy than him. The system of the morning dynasty had long been changed by these lazy emperors to the first day of the month and twice in the fifteenth day of each month. State affairs were handled by a small Wu Dynasty in the Qianqing Palace every day.

Although Zhu Hongsan was unwilling to attend this morning court, the ministers in the court flocked to it. In their minds, it was the difference between scholars and civilians.

So Qian Qianyi got up at 2:30 in the morning to prepare. Today is the big start. Qian Qianyi put on his full suit, wearing a black official hat, two swallow wings trembled behind the hat, wearing a python suit given by the emperor, a four-clawed golden dragon wrapped around his chest, a belt of Hotan Meiyu on his waist, and thick-soled official boots under his feet. He really relies on his clothes and horses rely on his saddle. This set of clothes and Lao Qian is an old handsome guy, and the maid in the mansion made his eyes appear.

Liu Rushi also got up early to serve the master in dressing. When he saw the handsome old Qian, Liu Rushi praised: "The master is still wearing official clothes and is so majestic!"

Qian Qianyi snorted and asked, "Have you ever been in love yet?"

Liu Rushi shook his head and said, "Chen was taken back last night. It was natural for the young couple to get up late when they met!"

"You still have to become an official with such a slack look? You're such a rebellious son!"

Seeing Qian Qian getting angry, Liu Rushi quickly changed the topic: "Master, the weather is cold, the two deer-skin gauntlets I made for you are suitable!"

Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "This morning, I was at Fengtianmen. Fortunately, my wife did the leggings for her. The wife was worried!"

Liu Rushi took a warm stove from the maid and stuffed it into Qian Qianyi's hand: "Master, the morning court is at Mao hour, and there is still more than an hour left now. You can hold the warmer of this hand stove!"

"What are you doing with an official, I, an official, with a hand stove? I won't take it!"

"Master, why don't you take it out if you put it in the sedan chair?"

Qian Qianyi had no choice but to hold the hand stove.

At this time, the butler outside the door came in and said, "Master, the official sedan chair is ready!"

Qian Qianyi nodded and walked out with his family surrounded by his family. As soon as he got into the sedan chair, he saw Qian Yiai coming out to see him off in disheveled clothes. He seemed to have not woken up yet.

Qian Qianyi was so angry when he saw his son like this: "Hmph! Look at you like this. As a Beijing official, you will also attend the morning court tomorrow. What kind of style is this?"

Qian Yiai didn't dare to speak even after being taught by me, so she could only bow her head and remain silent.

Qian Qianyi ignored his son and went to court with his eight-carrying green sedan chair.

Qian Qianyi's home lives by Mochou Lake outside the west gate. The city gate gate has not opened yet after this point, but who is Lao Qian? The gatekeeper who guards the gate saw the lanterns of Qian's mansion from afar and quickly opened the city gate.

There were many rules for officials traveling in the Ming Dynasty. The servants in front of the official sedan resisted two "avoidance" and "silent" signs, shouted in front while walking, and yelled the gongs to open the way. The number of times the gongs represented the level of the official position. When county officials went on a seven-stroke, they called "beating the seven-stick gongs"; when Taoist officials went on a nine-stroke, the admiral and the governor went on a ten-stroke, and when they went on a thirteen-stroke, they had to be playing the thirteen-stick gongs.

The gong is not bad at all, and it cannot be beaten randomly. Therefore, when the people hear a few gongs, they know that the officials who are traveling today are going to be. When they hear the gongs, the people along the way will consciously give in or kneel down to greet them. If they cannot give in to the ceremonial war, they will despise the court, and at the least they will be beheaded. Even among officials, it is no exception. If the officials are traveling on a sedan chair, they will stop and avoid the roadside when they meet high-ranking officials on the road. He himself has to stand up and kneel down to the superior's sedan chair, and wait for the high-ranking officials' sedan chair to pass by before they can re-enter the road. This is called the "seat avoidance system". In order to buy the hearts of the officials, the emperor of this dynasty Zhu Hongsan stipulated that the vassal kings should avoid the sedan chair when they see the sedan chair of the court.

Qian Qianyi lives outside the city and has to pass by most of Nanjing City. In addition, today it is a big upset, so he naturally meets many officials. Qian Qianyi saw those officials who were decently out of sedan chairs to salute him, and felt very vain in his heart, thinking that this is life.

Qian Qianyi had already gathered here in front of the Meridian Gate. Qian Qianyi got off the sedan chair and came to his seat, and greeted several colleagues such as Tong Yangjia and Fu Wenlong.

Qian Qianyi looked around Ma Mingyuan and did not come, and asked Tong Yangjia: "Why haven't Master Ma arrived yet?"

Tong Yangjia snorted and said, "He is the prime minister now, so he will definitely be the last one!"

As soon as Tong Yangjia finished speaking, he saw the official sedan chair in the Ma Mansion in the distance. The tall Ma Mingyuan got out of the sedan chair and greeted his colleagues around him with a red face.

The time for court in the Ming Dynasty was Mao, that is, when the sky was just dawn. At this time, the Wumen Gate was wide open, and all officials entered the court and entered the Wumen Gate. There are five gates in the Wumen Gate. Friends who have been to the Wumen Gate should know that the Wumen Gate is called three in front, and the back, and from the front, there seem to be only three gates. In fact, there are two left and right gates that are not easy to be discovered. The gate in the middle is the imperial road, and only the emperor can enter and exit from here. The left and right gates on both sides of the imperial road are for the generals, school lieutenants and other guards on duty. The officials of the two civil and military squads entered from the left and right gates respectively. The tower on the Wumen Gate was named "Five Fengs" to set up bells and drums, which were controlled by eunuchs. The morning court stipulates that the third drum is beat on the tower. Open the second gate, and the official military flag school first enters and arranges the orders. After the bell is ringed, the civil and military officials who have arranged the team enter from the left and right gates.

After entering the Meridian Gate, civil and military officials must first stand in line according to the grade south of Jinshui Bridge, wait for the sound of whips, cross the bridge in order, and arrive before the Danbi of Fengtianmen. At this time, civil and military officials are on the left and the military officers are on the right, and the two teams stand opposite each other, standing on both sides of the imperial road, waiting for the emperor to arrive. Today, because the Fengtian Hall has not been repaired, the emperor's seat can only be set in the middle of the Fengtian Porch, and it is called Jintai. When the music starts, the emperor's imperial gate sits. At this time, the whip is sounded again. The Honglu Temple sang "Entering the Class" and walked into the imperial road, and performed a bow and three bowing etiquette. Then it entered the memorial process.

Zhu Hongsan knew that he would get up today, so he slept very early last night and was in good spirits now. In addition, the spring is chilly now, so he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to. Zhu Hongsan stood by the prince Zhu Hai. As the crown prince of the country, this kind of rise would naturally stand by the emperor.

Zhu Hongsan came to the imperial throne to do it and looked at the hundreds of civil and military officials under the steps. Daqi stipulated that as long as officials above the seventh rank in the capital would participate, there were nearly 2,000 people participating in Beijing at most, which was really a mighty one. However, now that Zhu Hongsan had just occupied Nanjing, there were not so many officials under him, so there were only more than 300 people present today.

In fact, this large-scale morning court is just a form. This meeting of hundreds or thousands of people can discuss what national policies can be proposed. The main policies were discussed with the cabinet a few days ago, but today it was just a formality.

However, it is precisely because of the form that we have to pretend. Zhu Hongsan said "Call"! It means that the court meeting began, and there are naturally a little eunuch with a loud voice below to convey the emperor's meaning. The ministers must have opinions, first cough, and then leave the shift to speak out, and the eunuch will pass it to the emperor one by one.

Zhu Hongsan also hated this slow work efficiency, but there was no way. These were all decided by Zhu Yuanzhang, and not obeying them means being unfilial.

Zhu Hongsan wished he could finish this process in one step, but at this time someone came out to report a book.

The one who stood up was Tong Yangjia, the second assistant of the cabinet.

Tong Yangjia came out to report: "His Majesty the Emperor, since he has prepared peace talks with the Qing Dynasty, I am in charge of military affairs, and I recommend one person to serve as the official envoy of peace talks!"

Tong Yangjia is a well-known pro-war faction. Today, he came out to recommend the candidates for peace talks, which really made people lose their eyes.

Ma Mingyuan didn't expect Tong Yangjia to stand up first. He originally wanted to recommend his own people, so that such credit could be saved by Tong Yangjia.

Ma Mingyuan didn't say anything at vain and said after leaving work: "Your Majesty, I recommend Jiang Wenyun, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, to be the official envoy of peace talks!"

As an official of the Ministry of Rites, and as a Jinshi in Chongzhen for ten years, Jiang Wenyun was in the same year as Ma Mingyuan, so it was reasonable to recommend him. Moreover, Ma Mingyuan had already discussed with the emperor and had already appointed Jiang Wenyun as the Minister of Rites. He was the official of the peace talks. However, Tong Yangjia jumped out and disrupted his plan.

Zhu Hongsan thought about it and might as well listen to what Tong Yangjia said.

"Mr. Tong, who are you recommending?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I recommend the Fujian governor Tong Tuchang!"

When Ma Mingyuan heard that Tong Yangjia recommended his nephew, he was so angry that he said sarcastically: "Mr. Tong, you really don't avoid being a relative! Why didn't you recommend yourself to recommend yourself?"

Tong Yangjia smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Yuan Fu, Tong Tuchang is my nephew, but he has made great achievements in rebelling against Li Chengdong in Fujian. I believe he will be able to successfully complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty the Emperor!"
Chapter completed!